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dancerjodi) wrote2007-03-29 10:30 pm
dancerjodi) wrote2007-03-29 10:30 pm
Bathroom: Demolition #1
We have hole! There's a hole in our bedroom wall now and as expected we found lots of stupid in there from the former homeowners. Pictures and comments to this degree were added to our site:
http://marmontianderson.com/photos/displayimage.php?album=5&pos=20
http://marmontianderson.com/photos/displayimage.php?album=5&pos=21
http://marmontianderson.com/photos/displayimage.php?album=5&pos=22
We also cleaned most of the stuff out of the bathroom, and took down the medicine cabinet and white shelf we had on the wall. I love being on a busyish street, because recycling is so easy. The medicine cabinet was gone within 10 minutes and the cabinet was gone by the time we got back from running some errands and chatting in a coffee shop.
Brian picked up our floor tile and the baseboard tile from Roma this afternoon, and paid the balance. All total we've spent less than $1k on our tile which is good considering its a lot of ceramic, and the fancy trim stuff we bought that's due to arrive in a couple of weeks was something stupid like $18 per tile. It was backordered and was coming from England. Thankfully its going in a place that's unobstructed by bathroom bits (our toilet or sink) so we'll be able to install or have those installed ASAP and when the special tile comes in work around the fixtures. I was worried for a bit that we'd have a finished tub, a finished floor, and unfinished walls with no toilet and sink for another couple of weeks.
On the budget note, I've been tracking all of this on a spreadsheet for our own purposes (trying to keep track of spending that much cash in lots of different places - I figured this would be the best way to keep us in our budget. If anyone's curious later how much it costs to do a sort of DIY bathroom in a funky Art Deco Style I can share the info with you. :)
The massive demolition will take place this weekend and then insulating, cementboard, blueboard and some msc. prep before the tub is put in on Monday. Then framing around the tub, doing tile, fixtures, paint and goodies (shelves, hooks, etc). Somewhere in there I need to strip the peeling paint off of the attic door. I'm not looking forward to that because its such a crap job, but it would be easier than replacing the door. The doorway is so crooked, that trying to retrofit something in there just isn't going to happen.
But before all of that, we'll be rocking out at Harper's Ferry tomorrow night. It will be nice to see friends I haven't seen in a while and to catch a bunch of local bands. Here's hoping it helps me stay pumped for the weekend, because renovation is tough if you lose your momentum. There will be much blasting metal music to help us along (I have fond memories of removing plaster and lathe from our old dining room in Framingham to Metallica's Justice album).
http://marmontianderson.com/photos/displayimage.php?album=5&pos=20
http://marmontianderson.com/photos/displayimage.php?album=5&pos=21
http://marmontianderson.com/photos/displayimage.php?album=5&pos=22
We also cleaned most of the stuff out of the bathroom, and took down the medicine cabinet and white shelf we had on the wall. I love being on a busyish street, because recycling is so easy. The medicine cabinet was gone within 10 minutes and the cabinet was gone by the time we got back from running some errands and chatting in a coffee shop.
Brian picked up our floor tile and the baseboard tile from Roma this afternoon, and paid the balance. All total we've spent less than $1k on our tile which is good considering its a lot of ceramic, and the fancy trim stuff we bought that's due to arrive in a couple of weeks was something stupid like $18 per tile. It was backordered and was coming from England. Thankfully its going in a place that's unobstructed by bathroom bits (our toilet or sink) so we'll be able to install or have those installed ASAP and when the special tile comes in work around the fixtures. I was worried for a bit that we'd have a finished tub, a finished floor, and unfinished walls with no toilet and sink for another couple of weeks.
On the budget note, I've been tracking all of this on a spreadsheet for our own purposes (trying to keep track of spending that much cash in lots of different places - I figured this would be the best way to keep us in our budget. If anyone's curious later how much it costs to do a sort of DIY bathroom in a funky Art Deco Style I can share the info with you. :)
The massive demolition will take place this weekend and then insulating, cementboard, blueboard and some msc. prep before the tub is put in on Monday. Then framing around the tub, doing tile, fixtures, paint and goodies (shelves, hooks, etc). Somewhere in there I need to strip the peeling paint off of the attic door. I'm not looking forward to that because its such a crap job, but it would be easier than replacing the door. The doorway is so crooked, that trying to retrofit something in there just isn't going to happen.
But before all of that, we'll be rocking out at Harper's Ferry tomorrow night. It will be nice to see friends I haven't seen in a while and to catch a bunch of local bands. Here's hoping it helps me stay pumped for the weekend, because renovation is tough if you lose your momentum. There will be much blasting metal music to help us along (I have fond memories of removing plaster and lathe from our old dining room in Framingham to Metallica's Justice album).
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house work
Brian did it for a living for a couple of years, so he's got "official" experience. Granted, he was working for my Dad (a general contractor) but along they way they did plenty of basic wiring and plumbing. The big stuff, they'd bring in the subcontractors.
I've grown up in a constant state of construction, so I've either done or been around just about everything being done. :)
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He was not amused. Plenty happy with the potential paycheck, but definitely not amused. :-)